Tray.



S. WEINSTEIN.

TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. 1913.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

' senunnwnrusrnin, or cnicaeo, ILLINOIS.

TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915..

' Application filed May 26, 1913. Serial No. 770,075.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, SAMUEL WnrNsTEIN, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trays; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the numbers of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of trays used by jewelers, wherein a small and light construction is desirable.

Heretofore such trays have been usually constructed of a small wooden frame which afforded the edge for the tray, and with a cloth covered bottom of light straw board or the like fastened thereon.

It is an object of this invention to construct a tray frame of metal, preferably for lightness, of aluminum, and with a'fabric, such as felt or flannel, stretched tightly thereacross and secured therein to afford a bottom for the tray.

It is also an object of this invention to construct a device in which the fabric bottom is retained at its edges frictionally within the frame by means of a wire sprung resiliently therein.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a tray frame consisting of interfitting members affording a resiliently-closed recess adapted to receive a retaining wire for a fabric bottom therein.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a device wherein the ends and side members are suitably brazed together and aiford a continuous groove for the reception of the attaching means for a fabric bottom.

Tt is furthermore an object of this invention to provide a device constructed of suitable interfitting members whereby sharp edges and corners are avoided, and one in which the fabric bottom contacts with the support upon which the tray may be placed to prevent possibility of scratching the support.

It is finally an object of this invention to construct a cheap, simple, and durable device of light weight, capable of easy manufacture, and assembly, and one wherein the taken on line l l of Fig. 1.

side and end frame members of a tray, which are composed of an integral top or cover member 2, having the extremities 3, thereof curved inwardly and upwardly for a short distance. An integral inner member, having As shown in the drawings: 1, indicates th the walls I, and centrally arched portion 5,,

affording aclosed recess 6, is engaged in said outer member 2, by sliding the same longitudinally within said member 2, and is retained therein by the friction of the en gaging faces of the inner and outer members respectively. The top walls of said side and end members meet at the corners along a diagonal line and are suitably brazed together to aiford a substantially integral construction having a continuous groove or re cess 6, extending completely therearound.

As shown more clearly in Fig. 3, the various portions of the inner element are of a less length than the outer element 2, so that such portions do not meet or contact one another at the corners, thereby obviating the possibility of distortion of the inner elements when the outer elements are brazed together at the corners. A piece of fabric 7, is stretched over the under side of said integral frame construction, and a strip of wire 8, cut to suitable length is laid over the fabric and then pressed inwardly past the resilient edges 3, of the recess 6, and serves to retain the fabric edge therein.

The operation is as follows: The side and end members composed of the telescoped inner and outer sections are cut to suitable length, depending upon the size of the tray desired to form, and the angled ends thereof are then suitably brazed together at the cor- 11ers of the construction. The outer member 2, which completely incloses the inner member, is japanned or enameled to afiord a suitable finished appearance.- When about to affix-the fabric bottomto the frame, the frame is inverted upon a suitable support and the fabric 7 laid thereacross, whereupon the wire 8 is forced downwardly into the recess forcing the edge of the fabric inwardly therewith and binding the same frictionally therein, causing the same to be stretched tightly over the frame. Said wire 8, also serves to bind the end andside members of the frame construction together. When the fabric becomes worn or torn the. wire may be removed and a new strip of the same may be readily attached in the manner described.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device of the class described, embracing a channel member having its walls curved and turned inwardly and spaced apart, a resilient member inserted within saidchannel member and shaped to afford a recess :closed atits inner end andwith an open front registering with the opening in said channel, a strip of fabric stretched across said channel member,'and means in- Copies of this patent may e obtained for serted into the recess in said resilient member to retain the edges of the fabric tightly engaged in the channel member.

2. In a device of the class described, hol- I low members affording a frame, the walls of said members curved and turned inwardly afiording a continuous slot therein, resilient members engaged within said hollow members and arched to afford a closed recess and having an open front in register with the slot in said hollow members and with the walls of said resilient member shaped to fit closely within the inturned walls of said hol' low member, and means engaging the edges of v a strip of fabric stretched across the frame to press said edges into said closed recess to hold the fabric securely in place.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL VVEINSTEIN. Witnesses;

CHARLES HILLS, J12, LEON M. REIBSTEIN.

Washington, D. 0. 

